Violence against women
The victim's father, uncle and cousin strangled her after finding her talking to a friend on her mobile phone.
Updated 23 Sep, 2020 10:40am
Inquiry launched after ‘conflicting statements’ of woman.
Updated 22 Sep, 2020 10:57am
There are sufficient laws to tackle the offences of rape, gang rape and child sexual abuse but they are not being implemented.
Updated 23 Sep, 2020 09:57am
Husband alleges he reported matter to police but they insisted on omitting the gang-rape allegation from the report.
Updated 21 Sep, 2020 01:09pm
Abid Malhi's wife was taken into custody by law enforcement agencies last night.
Updated 18 Sep, 2020 01:56am
Okara DPO says female officers will be posted to check violence against women in the district.
Updated 17 Sep, 2020 10:55am
Judge directs police to hold identity parade of the suspect as soon as possible.
Updated 16 Sep, 2020 08:21am
Women lawyers, women activists and women police officers were conspicuous by their absence on the channels.
Published 15 Sep, 2020 10:10am
PM says govt was informed public hangings of rapists would not be "internationally acceptable".
Updated 15 Sep, 2020 11:27am
Judicial inquiry sought into the incident.
Updated 13 Sep, 2020 09:06am
IGP names primary suspect as Abid Ali, a resident of Fort Abbas in Bahawalnagar, and his accomplice as Waqarul Hassan.
Updated 13 Sep, 2020 08:07am
It is not enough for individual members of the government to condemn the act.
Updated 12 Sep, 2020 08:44am
The unfortunate events of this past week have reinforced the vulnerabilities of the PTI government.
Updated 12 Sep, 2020 04:23pm
Newly constructed Lahore-Sialkot Motorway has "remained unmanned in terms of security and traffic management".
Updated 11 Sep, 2020 08:21pm
Punjab law minister says govt is aware of growing demand for Umar Sheikh's removal following his remarks on a woman's gang-rape.
Updated 12 Sep, 2020 02:17pm
Senate panel summons motorways police chief, communications secretary to brief members; Shireen Mazari demands report from police.
Updated 11 Sep, 2020 08:47am
The woman was travelling from Lahore to Gujranwala along with her children.
Updated 10 Sep, 2020 01:17pm
Police have arrested a man in his 30s who allegedly duped the octogenarian into accompanying him before raping her.
Published 09 Sep, 2020 08:43pm
“It will help deter such killings if the term ‘Ghairat’ is not used to describe them," says Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Updated 05 Sep, 2020 08:48am
The arrest was made on the basis of the provisional report of the victim's post-mortem, which suggested sexual assault.
Updated 20 Aug, 2020 12:41am
Suggests contextualising relevant laws within the framework of convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination.
Updated 18 Aug, 2020 11:37am
Victim received critical burns; police say raids are underway to arrest the accused.
Updated 13 Aug, 2020 11:23am
Police say man confesses to killing sister because "she used to talk to a man in the neighbourhood".
Published 08 Aug, 2020 05:14pm
The case was registered last month when Capital Police Officer Muhammad Ahsan Younis took notice of the incident.
Updated 08 Aug, 2020 04:04pm
Protesters hold jirga, condemn murder of woman and two sons in Bogara area.
Updated 25 Jul, 2020 11:54am
The “short detention order”, which will see him spend 12 days in prison but means he will not have a criminal record.
Updated 22 Jul, 2020 09:29am
Isra, 16, was being forced by her father to marry her 10-year-old cousin at Nagrianwala village.
Updated 17 Jul, 2020 11:17am
No one is willing to open up their homes, no one is willing to mediate.
Published 15 Jul, 2020 09:03am
Police say the victim's autopsy results are awaited after which it will be ascertained if she was subjected to domestic violence.
Published 08 Jul, 2020 05:05pm
Teenaged girl accuse doctor of administering a medicine that left her semiconscious and then tried to rape her.
Updated 07 Jul, 2020 11:05am
